Haggis
[ˈhæɡɪs]
The verdict
“Haggis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schottisches Gericht aus Schafsinnereien
Corpus desk
Index DE-haggis · Haggis · German
Haggis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Haggis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhæɡɪs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Haggis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Haggis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhæɡɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schottisches Gericht aus Schafsinnereien".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Haggis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Haggis, spelled H-A-G-G-I-S.
Definition
- 1schottisches Gericht aus Schafsinnereien
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Haggis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Nationalgericht der Schotten, der Haggis, ruft bei vielen Leuten eher das kalte Grausen hervor.
This word in other languages
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